Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa is battling what President Cyril Ramaphosa has called the ‘second pandemic’ of gender-based violence in South Africa. The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) says conditions such as remote working and isolation with abusers, restrictions on movement, school closures and financial worries due to feared or actual job losses have contributed to increased mental stress and worsening levels of domestic violence against women.Lloyd Paul speaks to specialist psychiatrist Dr Yumna Minty...

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